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What Amazes Me!

What are the things that amaze you?

It can be quite a lot of things:
- something as deceptive as a Hendrawan drop,
- something as awe-inspiring as the Hagia Sofia,
- something as quixotic as a Bush-ism,
- something as magical as a child's laugh,
- something as heart-stopping as a missed penalty,
- something as colourful as a chehsi or Cheung pic,
- something as extraordinary as Taufik Hidayat's backhand smash,
- something as nostalgic as a wooden racquet,
- something as optimistic as a koo_fan post,
- something as nasty as a pretend foul,
- something as brazen as a biased line-judge,
- something as irrelevant as this new thread

I've seen many of them - the telly, friends' children, nephews and nieces etc. They're still quite amazing - where and how did they come to be? Ok, I know the answer to that question (don't we all? ) but the thing is 'life', the creation of life, in that little bundle of flesh.

I still go, "That thing (as an expression) is alive. It's got a body like mine although presently smaller and wrinkly , blinking eyes like mine, yawns like me, smiles and reacts to things, like me. Inside that little body is a life!".

I've seen many of them - the telly, friends' children, nephews and nieces etc. They're still quite amazing - where and how did they come to be? Ok, I know the answer to that question (don't we all? ) but the thing is 'life', the creation of life, in that little bundle of flesh.

I still go, "That thing (as an expression) is alive. It's got a body like mine although presently smaller and wrinkly , blinking eyes like mine, yawns like me, smiles and reacts to things, like me. Inside that little body is a life!".

And no, this is not my inner fatherhood surfacing - I'm not ready!

In my job, from time to time, I get to help mom's deliver babes. And you are absolutely right, they are just the neatest, most ridiculous things.
Don't worry about being prepared for fatherhood. Apart from choosing the right partner, there is no better preparation than what you just described yourself having...wonder and love.

Lea Salonga, "Can you read my mind" (Live). Lea has one of the sweetest voices ever and it's perfect in this song. I've heard quite a few say, you cannot truly appreciate Lea's voice until you hear her sing live, that it's awe-inspiring.

Bianca Ryan, the first time singing on America's Got Talent, "And I'm telling you I'm not going." When I saw Bianca come out, I was like, "Oh boy...next." Then when she started to belt out those notes, I cried. I could not believe an 11-year old could sing like that:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDh4...CFB7C&index=11

Russell Watson, my favorite rendition of "Nella Fantasia". While not be the best, he's got this "class" I can't quite describe. Almost James Bondish. Maybe it's the arrangement, love the full orchestra and choir ensemble accent perfectly:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaHa_...CC7A29&index=1

haha, I've just been watching Spandau Ballet songs on youtube. Surely brings back those New Romantics memories! I got to say "Through the Barricades" is a real classic. Back in those days, vinyl records came in 7inch and 12 inch versions of the single. The 12 inch version of "Through the Barricades" has an extended intro section with the guitar which was marvelous. I haven't heard that particular version for more than 20 years now. Does anybody know how/where I could hear it again?